This document provides guidance on installing and configuring IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud solutions in small, medium, and large configurations. It describes the hardware and software components included in each configuration, such as servers, networking equipment, management tools, and optional storage. Configuration options range from a small four-server deployment to a large multi-rack solution. Specific part numbers and ordering information is provided for the different components in each configuration.
VMware PEX Boot Camp - ExpressPod – A New Solution to Accelerate Sales in SMB NetApp
VMware on ExpressPod helps small and midsize businesses simplify and consolidate their IT infrastructure by providing an affordable, easy-to-deploy virtualization solution with automated operations and data protection. ExpressPod is designed to support a transactional/velocity sales model in the SMB segment. This sales-focused session will cover how to leverage ExpressPod to increase revenue and profits. You will hear about the market opportunity, solution positioning, competitive advantages, and tools available to help you sell.
V mware v sphere 5 fundamentals services kitsolarisyougood
This document provides an overview and summary of various VMware vSphere upgrade services and documentation. It includes a document map linking to guides, overviews, planning documents and other reference materials related to upgrading VMware vSphere environments from version 5.0 to 5.1. The summary also briefly outlines some key features of VMware vSphere such as vMotion, Storage vMotion, High Availability and vCenter Server editions.
This document summarizes new features in Cisco UCS Software Release 1.4, including:
1) Support for the UCS B230 M1 blade server with high density computing.
2) Integration of Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers for unified management across the UCS portfolio.
3) New chassis and multi-chassis power capping capabilities to optimize power allocation.
4) Software bundling changes to allow quicker adoption of new server and adapter types.
5) Active Directory group integration for unified user privilege control and authentication scheme support.
virtualization tutorial at ACM bangalore Compute 2009ACMBangalore
This document summarizes a tutorial on the hardware revolution in server virtualization. It begins with an overview of server virtualization technologies including VMM architectures and the criteria for a processor to be virtualizable. It then discusses the challenges of virtualizing x86 processors due to their architecture. The document outlines software techniques like binary translation and para-virtualization used for CPU, memory, and I/O virtualization. It also reviews hardware techniques enabled by technologies like VT-x, EPT, and SR-IOV. The summary concludes with a brief discussion of future trends in manageability and security relating to server virtualization.
Deep Dive Into Windows Server 2012 Hyper-VLai Yoong Seng
Deep Dive in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
This session provides an overview of new and improved features in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V including scalability, mobility, and high availability. Key highlights include support for larger virtual machines with up to 64 virtual processors and 1TB of memory per VM, new 64TB VHDX format, live migration enhancements, Hyper-V Replica for disaster recovery, and networking improvements like NIC teaming. The presentation includes demonstrations of features like concurrent live migration and storage migration.
This presentation offers an introductory explanation of data center virtualization for audiences who are just beginning to learn how it works and why it might make sense for their organization.
Virtualization allows multiple operating systems and applications to run on the same physical server at the same time. This increases hardware utilization and flexibility while reducing IT costs. VMware virtualization solutions can reduce energy costs by 80% through server consolidation and powering down unused servers without affecting applications or users. Virtualization makes hardware resources independent of operating systems and applications, treating them as single unified units that can be more easily deployed, maintained, and supported.
VMware PEX Boot Camp - ExpressPod – A New Solution to Accelerate Sales in SMB NetApp
VMware on ExpressPod helps small and midsize businesses simplify and consolidate their IT infrastructure by providing an affordable, easy-to-deploy virtualization solution with automated operations and data protection. ExpressPod is designed to support a transactional/velocity sales model in the SMB segment. This sales-focused session will cover how to leverage ExpressPod to increase revenue and profits. You will hear about the market opportunity, solution positioning, competitive advantages, and tools available to help you sell.
V mware v sphere 5 fundamentals services kitsolarisyougood
This document provides an overview and summary of various VMware vSphere upgrade services and documentation. It includes a document map linking to guides, overviews, planning documents and other reference materials related to upgrading VMware vSphere environments from version 5.0 to 5.1. The summary also briefly outlines some key features of VMware vSphere such as vMotion, Storage vMotion, High Availability and vCenter Server editions.
This document summarizes new features in Cisco UCS Software Release 1.4, including:
1) Support for the UCS B230 M1 blade server with high density computing.
2) Integration of Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers for unified management across the UCS portfolio.
3) New chassis and multi-chassis power capping capabilities to optimize power allocation.
4) Software bundling changes to allow quicker adoption of new server and adapter types.
5) Active Directory group integration for unified user privilege control and authentication scheme support.
virtualization tutorial at ACM bangalore Compute 2009ACMBangalore
This document summarizes a tutorial on the hardware revolution in server virtualization. It begins with an overview of server virtualization technologies including VMM architectures and the criteria for a processor to be virtualizable. It then discusses the challenges of virtualizing x86 processors due to their architecture. The document outlines software techniques like binary translation and para-virtualization used for CPU, memory, and I/O virtualization. It also reviews hardware techniques enabled by technologies like VT-x, EPT, and SR-IOV. The summary concludes with a brief discussion of future trends in manageability and security relating to server virtualization.
Deep Dive Into Windows Server 2012 Hyper-VLai Yoong Seng
Deep Dive in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
This session provides an overview of new and improved features in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V including scalability, mobility, and high availability. Key highlights include support for larger virtual machines with up to 64 virtual processors and 1TB of memory per VM, new 64TB VHDX format, live migration enhancements, Hyper-V Replica for disaster recovery, and networking improvements like NIC teaming. The presentation includes demonstrations of features like concurrent live migration and storage migration.
This presentation offers an introductory explanation of data center virtualization for audiences who are just beginning to learn how it works and why it might make sense for their organization.
Virtualization allows multiple operating systems and applications to run on the same physical server at the same time. This increases hardware utilization and flexibility while reducing IT costs. VMware virtualization solutions can reduce energy costs by 80% through server consolidation and powering down unused servers without affecting applications or users. Virtualization makes hardware resources independent of operating systems and applications, treating them as single unified units that can be more easily deployed, maintained, and supported.
Overview of VMware & VMware Education from IBMctc TrainCanada
Presentation will be delivered by IBM Training VMware Instructor, Stephen DeBarros, and will cover:
Virtualization 101.
Advantages to Virtualization.
What is Vmware VSphere?
Using Vmware Overview.
Overview of VMware education offered at IBM and newly released education
Recorded webinar is available here:
http://www.traincanada.com/site/event/overview-of-vmware-vmware-education-from-ibm/
VMware vSphere Version Comparison 4.0 to 6.5Sabir Hussain
VMware vSphere leverages the power of virtualization to transform datacenters into simplified cloud computing infrastructures and enables IT organizations to deliver flexible and reliable IT services VMware vSphere virtualizes and aggregates the underlying physical hardware resources across multiple system and provides pools off virtual resources to the datacenter.
VM Virtualization
VMGate.com
Managing a virtualized infrastructure that runs continuously inevitably requires some degree of maintenance from IT staff. Any time that can be saved when performing routine maintenance tasks through system automation and capable management features frees IT staff to concentrate on ways to help your business grow. In the scenarios we tested, using the VMware solution had the potential to reduce administrative labor costs by as much as 91 percent compared to using similar offerings from Microsoft.
When we added the expected operational efficiency cost savings to the hardware acquisition estimates provided by the VMware Cost-Per-Application Calculator, we found that the VMware solution could provide a lower total cost of ownership over two years compared to the Microsoft solution.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Data Protection for VMware - PCTY 2011IBM Sverige
The document discusses Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) data protection capabilities for VMware environments, including an overview of virtual machine backup methods like in-guest, on-host, and off-host backup. It also covers how VMware Consolidated Backup works compared to using vStorage APIs for Data Protection, and provides a high-level overview of IBM's TSM solution for backing up and recovering VMware virtual machines. Potential future enhancements like integrating with VMware vSphere client and FlashCopy Manager are also outlined.
As the invited speaker during Microsoft Technical Partner Community Event @Microsoft KLCC Auditorium , i have presented 3 Key Area: Scalability,Mobility and Delivery High Availabili
Virtualization products partition physical servers in multiple virtual machines. Each virtual machine represents a complete system, with processors, memory, networking, storage and BIOS.
Multiple virtual machines can share physical resources and run side by side on the same server.
Operating systems and applications can run unmodified in virtual machines.
The document introduces IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud, an integrated virtualized platform for quickly deploying IT infrastructure. It reduces the time and complexity of deploying servers, storage, networking, virtualization and management software from weeks to days. The pre-loaded platform provides a turnkey solution for virtualization and creates a base for customers to evolve to cloud computing.
This document discusses best practices for deploying VMware vSphere 5 on IBM SONAS scale-out network attached storage. It provides an overview of new features in vSphere 5 including Storage vMotion, Storage DRS, and centralized logging. It then covers planning the creation of NFS shares on SONAS, installing and configuring vSphere, and adding NFS data stores. Recommendations are provided such as using large SONAS storage pools and fewer larger NFS data stores. The document is intended to help customers implement effective storage solutions for enterprise virtual environments requiring extreme scalability.
The document discusses a technology leader with over 10 years of experience in Microsoft, VMware, and Citrix platforms including Windows, Active Directory, private cloud, server and desktop virtualization, high availability, BYOD and other technologies. The individual holds several industry certifications including MCSE Private Cloud and VMware Certified Professional.
Iwan ‘e1’ Rahabok who's working as a Staff SE, Strategic Accounts in Singapore ha created an awesome vCenter Operations 5 Training. It's available in PowerPoint format and I really would like to advise you to read the slide notes. The presentation serves 2 purposes, first it provides in-depth training for those who are learning or evaluating vCenter Operations 5 and second it provides materials that vCenter Ops champion can use to share with internal colleagues (e.g. storage team, app team, etc)
Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing for VMware 6Symantec
Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing for VMware improves storage I/O performance and availability for VMware environments. It provides load balancing across storage paths and controllers, proactive path management to avoid disruptions, and visibility into storage characteristics. The solution offers increased performance through adaptive load balancing policies and improved availability with automated path recovery. It also bridges communication between storage and server teams by providing centralized management and detailed I/O statistics and metrics in vCenter.
Flexibility In The Remote Branch Office VMware Mini Forum CalgaryJames Charter
VMware Mini Forum Calgary Afternoon Keynote Presentation, February 18, 2010. Overview on how Virtualization Technologies can provide flexibility and additional value in the Remote Office / Branch Office (ROBO). Topics discussed: Centralized vs. Distributed Deployment Models, Backup, Data Replication, Disaster Recovery, vSphere features, Site Recovery Manager, Virtual Desktop, WAN Acceleration.
This document introduces the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization platform. It provides an overview of Hyper-V architecture and features such as isolation, security assumptions, and live migration capabilities. It also demonstrates how to install and manage Hyper-V through tools like Hyper-V Manager and Windows PowerShell. Finally, it discusses the role of System Center Virtual Machine Manager in providing a centralized management solution for virtualized environments.
Deep dive: Citrix CloudPlatform for Infrastructure as a ServiceCitrix
Citrix innovation continues to advance our cloud management technology at a rapid rate to keep pace with emerging enterprise customer needs. Learn about the core capabilities and newest innovations for Citrix CloudPlatform, which is powering the world's largest clouds today. CloudPlatform provides the latest and most advanced open source software platform to build highly scalable and reliable cloud computing environments. You’ll also see why Citrix cloud solutions differ from VMware and OpenStack offerings.
Symantec announced enhancements to Symantec FileStore N8300, the latest version of its clustered, network attached storage appliance, designed to help customers address the business challenges associated with building out virtual environments and cloud storage, managing large volumes of data and controlling the associated storage costs. Certified with VMware, FileStore N8300 is seamlessly integrated with VMware vCenter Server, and enables organizations to optimize storage costs associated with virtual machine sprawl and rapidly provision servers and virtual desktops, through efficient cloning and de-duplication of virtual machine images.
The battle to be your virtualization vendor is in full swing, and it
has important ramifications for the vendors involved, and for your
data center. The goal of this whitepaper is to analyze the
technical aspects of the two major choices: VMware vSphere 4
and Microsoft Hyper-V R2 (as part of Windows Server 2008 R2).
The two contenders are described in technical detail, and then
those details are compared head-to-head. Typical pricing in two
scenarios is included. Analysis of these tools, how they will
impact your datacenter virtualization, and what the future likely
holds is included. »
Cloud OS is a total cloud infrastructure solution that provides integrated management of both physical and virtual resources. It aims to simplify building cloud data centers with features like virtual data center provisioning, high availability, load balancing, security and data protection. Cloud OS is compatible with OpenStack APIs while providing additional capabilities like dynamic load balancing, auto-scaling and dedicated hardware pools.
The document describes several switch modules from the BLADE IBM Switch Family. It summarizes the key features and specifications of the following modules:
1) BNT Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gb Ethernet Switch Modules - Low cost 1G Ethernet switches for IBM BladeCenter with either RJ45 or fiber uplinks.
2) BNT Layer 2-7 Gb Ethernet Switch Module - Provides routing and advanced network security capabilities.
3) BNT 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module - Offers investment protection with both 1G and 10G uplinks.
4) BNT Virtual Fabric 10G Ethernet Switch Module - High performance 10G switch with lossless
Overview of VMware & VMware Education from IBMctc TrainCanada
Presentation will be delivered by IBM Training VMware Instructor, Stephen DeBarros, and will cover:
Virtualization 101.
Advantages to Virtualization.
What is Vmware VSphere?
Using Vmware Overview.
Overview of VMware education offered at IBM and newly released education
Recorded webinar is available here:
http://www.traincanada.com/site/event/overview-of-vmware-vmware-education-from-ibm/
VMware vSphere Version Comparison 4.0 to 6.5Sabir Hussain
VMware vSphere leverages the power of virtualization to transform datacenters into simplified cloud computing infrastructures and enables IT organizations to deliver flexible and reliable IT services VMware vSphere virtualizes and aggregates the underlying physical hardware resources across multiple system and provides pools off virtual resources to the datacenter.
VM Virtualization
VMGate.com
Managing a virtualized infrastructure that runs continuously inevitably requires some degree of maintenance from IT staff. Any time that can be saved when performing routine maintenance tasks through system automation and capable management features frees IT staff to concentrate on ways to help your business grow. In the scenarios we tested, using the VMware solution had the potential to reduce administrative labor costs by as much as 91 percent compared to using similar offerings from Microsoft.
When we added the expected operational efficiency cost savings to the hardware acquisition estimates provided by the VMware Cost-Per-Application Calculator, we found that the VMware solution could provide a lower total cost of ownership over two years compared to the Microsoft solution.
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Data Protection for VMware - PCTY 2011IBM Sverige
The document discusses Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) data protection capabilities for VMware environments, including an overview of virtual machine backup methods like in-guest, on-host, and off-host backup. It also covers how VMware Consolidated Backup works compared to using vStorage APIs for Data Protection, and provides a high-level overview of IBM's TSM solution for backing up and recovering VMware virtual machines. Potential future enhancements like integrating with VMware vSphere client and FlashCopy Manager are also outlined.
As the invited speaker during Microsoft Technical Partner Community Event @Microsoft KLCC Auditorium , i have presented 3 Key Area: Scalability,Mobility and Delivery High Availabili
Virtualization products partition physical servers in multiple virtual machines. Each virtual machine represents a complete system, with processors, memory, networking, storage and BIOS.
Multiple virtual machines can share physical resources and run side by side on the same server.
Operating systems and applications can run unmodified in virtual machines.
The document introduces IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud, an integrated virtualized platform for quickly deploying IT infrastructure. It reduces the time and complexity of deploying servers, storage, networking, virtualization and management software from weeks to days. The pre-loaded platform provides a turnkey solution for virtualization and creates a base for customers to evolve to cloud computing.
This document discusses best practices for deploying VMware vSphere 5 on IBM SONAS scale-out network attached storage. It provides an overview of new features in vSphere 5 including Storage vMotion, Storage DRS, and centralized logging. It then covers planning the creation of NFS shares on SONAS, installing and configuring vSphere, and adding NFS data stores. Recommendations are provided such as using large SONAS storage pools and fewer larger NFS data stores. The document is intended to help customers implement effective storage solutions for enterprise virtual environments requiring extreme scalability.
The document discusses a technology leader with over 10 years of experience in Microsoft, VMware, and Citrix platforms including Windows, Active Directory, private cloud, server and desktop virtualization, high availability, BYOD and other technologies. The individual holds several industry certifications including MCSE Private Cloud and VMware Certified Professional.
Iwan ‘e1’ Rahabok who's working as a Staff SE, Strategic Accounts in Singapore ha created an awesome vCenter Operations 5 Training. It's available in PowerPoint format and I really would like to advise you to read the slide notes. The presentation serves 2 purposes, first it provides in-depth training for those who are learning or evaluating vCenter Operations 5 and second it provides materials that vCenter Ops champion can use to share with internal colleagues (e.g. storage team, app team, etc)
Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing for VMware 6Symantec
Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing for VMware improves storage I/O performance and availability for VMware environments. It provides load balancing across storage paths and controllers, proactive path management to avoid disruptions, and visibility into storage characteristics. The solution offers increased performance through adaptive load balancing policies and improved availability with automated path recovery. It also bridges communication between storage and server teams by providing centralized management and detailed I/O statistics and metrics in vCenter.
Flexibility In The Remote Branch Office VMware Mini Forum CalgaryJames Charter
VMware Mini Forum Calgary Afternoon Keynote Presentation, February 18, 2010. Overview on how Virtualization Technologies can provide flexibility and additional value in the Remote Office / Branch Office (ROBO). Topics discussed: Centralized vs. Distributed Deployment Models, Backup, Data Replication, Disaster Recovery, vSphere features, Site Recovery Manager, Virtual Desktop, WAN Acceleration.
This document introduces the Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization platform. It provides an overview of Hyper-V architecture and features such as isolation, security assumptions, and live migration capabilities. It also demonstrates how to install and manage Hyper-V through tools like Hyper-V Manager and Windows PowerShell. Finally, it discusses the role of System Center Virtual Machine Manager in providing a centralized management solution for virtualized environments.
Deep dive: Citrix CloudPlatform for Infrastructure as a ServiceCitrix
Citrix innovation continues to advance our cloud management technology at a rapid rate to keep pace with emerging enterprise customer needs. Learn about the core capabilities and newest innovations for Citrix CloudPlatform, which is powering the world's largest clouds today. CloudPlatform provides the latest and most advanced open source software platform to build highly scalable and reliable cloud computing environments. You’ll also see why Citrix cloud solutions differ from VMware and OpenStack offerings.
Symantec announced enhancements to Symantec FileStore N8300, the latest version of its clustered, network attached storage appliance, designed to help customers address the business challenges associated with building out virtual environments and cloud storage, managing large volumes of data and controlling the associated storage costs. Certified with VMware, FileStore N8300 is seamlessly integrated with VMware vCenter Server, and enables organizations to optimize storage costs associated with virtual machine sprawl and rapidly provision servers and virtual desktops, through efficient cloning and de-duplication of virtual machine images.
The battle to be your virtualization vendor is in full swing, and it
has important ramifications for the vendors involved, and for your
data center. The goal of this whitepaper is to analyze the
technical aspects of the two major choices: VMware vSphere 4
and Microsoft Hyper-V R2 (as part of Windows Server 2008 R2).
The two contenders are described in technical detail, and then
those details are compared head-to-head. Typical pricing in two
scenarios is included. Analysis of these tools, how they will
impact your datacenter virtualization, and what the future likely
holds is included. »
Cloud OS is a total cloud infrastructure solution that provides integrated management of both physical and virtual resources. It aims to simplify building cloud data centers with features like virtual data center provisioning, high availability, load balancing, security and data protection. Cloud OS is compatible with OpenStack APIs while providing additional capabilities like dynamic load balancing, auto-scaling and dedicated hardware pools.
The document describes several switch modules from the BLADE IBM Switch Family. It summarizes the key features and specifications of the following modules:
1) BNT Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gb Ethernet Switch Modules - Low cost 1G Ethernet switches for IBM BladeCenter with either RJ45 or fiber uplinks.
2) BNT Layer 2-7 Gb Ethernet Switch Module - Provides routing and advanced network security capabilities.
3) BNT 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module - Offers investment protection with both 1G and 10G uplinks.
4) BNT Virtual Fabric 10G Ethernet Switch Module - High performance 10G switch with lossless
This document provides information about IBM's 10Gb Virtual Fabric Switch and Qlogic Extension Module that enable Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity from IBM BladeCenter servers to external Fibre Channel switches and storage arrays. It lists supported configurations for connecting BladeCenter servers to Cisco SAN switches, Brocade SAN switches, IBM Storwize V7000, and IBM DS3000/DS5000 storage using the IBM and switch independent solutions. It provides notes on supported connection modes, operating systems, and locations to find more detailed interoperability information.
IBM released updates about IBM i on blade servers in 2Q 2009. Key points include:
- New Power7-based JS23 and JS43 blade servers were introduced.
- Expansion adapters like SAS, Fibre Channel, and Ethernet were available to connect blades to I/O modules and switches.
- Virtualization features like Active Memory Sharing were discussed for improving performance of IBM i on blade.
- Configuration details were provided for storage, networking, and virtualization when running IBM i on the BladeCenter systems.
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- The document provides best practices for implementing IBM FlashSystem storage arrays behind an IBM SVC storage virtualization appliance.
- It covers SVC and FlashSystem updates, switch zoning, cabling considerations, basic SVC guidelines including supported release levels and port masking examples.
- The goal is to optimize performance when using FlashSystem with SVC by leveraging all SVC and FlashSystem ports and features like Real-time Compression and Easy Tier.
This IBM Redpaper provides a brief overview of OpenStack and a basic familiarity of its usage with the IBM XIV Storage System Gen3. The illustration scenario that is presented uses the OpenStack Folsom release implementation IaaS with Ubuntu Linux servers and the IBM Storage Driver for OpenStack. For more information on IBM Storage Systems, visit http://ibm.co/LIg7gk.
Visit http://bit.ly/KWh5Dx to 'Follow' the official Twitter handle of IBM India Smarter Computing.
This document describes testing of Hitachi Data Instance Director (HDID) to protect a Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC V240 hyperconverged infrastructure running VMware vSphere. HDID provided agentless backups of VMs using VMware VADP and allowed cloning backups. Testing showed HDID can reduce backup windows and easily replicate backups within or outside the HC V240 chassis.
The document discusses IBM's BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud offering which provides a turnkey virtualization platform. It includes pre-loaded IBM BladeCenter servers, networking, storage, and management software. The solution allows customers to rapidly deploy a virtualized environment with improved efficiency and scalability. It also serves as a foundation for customers to evolve their infrastructure to cloud computing models over time.
Your priorities are clear: meet the challenges of today’s dynamic world, contain costs, deal with IT skill shortages and take full advantage of new technologies. In short, manage your IT organization and infrastructure for business success. With its industry-leading flexibility, BladeCenter is the right choice for your dynamic business...
The document discusses designing domains in VMware Cloud Foundation. It covers designing the management domain, including sizing considerations for the ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, vSphere networking, and vSAN storage. It also discusses designing workload domains, such as ESXi and vCenter Server design considerations, vSphere networking design, and shared storage design. The objectives are to understand sizing of the management domain, and design considerations for the workload domains.
VMworld 2013: IBM Solutions for VMware Virtual SAN VMworld
VMworld 2013
Eric Deadwyler, IBM
Joseph Russell, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
This document discusses optimizing an EMC Symmetrix storage array to support virtual desktops in a private cloud environment. It outlines testing that was done using the Vblock Series 700 model MX configuration with Symmetrix VMAX storage, VMware vSphere, and Cisco UCS servers. The testing showed the storage array could support up to 1536 virtual desktops while maintaining balanced utilization across the front end, back end, and disks. It provides best practices for configuring the various components to optimally support virtual desktops at scale.
Hosted Solutions has partnered with market leaders VMware, Sun, EMC, Cisco and Juniper to deliver a high end Cloud Infrastructure. This solution is built on the industry’s most robust, scalable, fully redundant architecture. The result is unmatched performance and availability.
This document discusses hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) solutions. It begins by describing how server virtualization has evolved from using standalone servers to converged infrastructure that combines computing, storage, and networking into a single rack. HCI takes this a step further by integrating these components into a single appliance for improved performance and efficiency. The document then compares converged and HCI solutions, outlines some key vendors, discusses future trends, and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of these approaches.
VMware Infrastructure is evolving into a virtual datacenter operating system (VDC-OS) that aggregates server, storage, and network hardware into shared resources and allocates these efficiently among applications. This provides built-in services like availability, security, and performance scalability to all applications. The VDC-OS allows more efficient consolidation than traditional operating systems and helps address challenges of complex, siloed, and inefficient infrastructures. Key features of the VDC-OS include virtual services for compute, storage, networking, and cloud resources that improve scalability, availability, security and manageability.
This document provides an overview of compute, storage, networking, and operations features of VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC. It discusses the i3.metal and i3en.metal host types, vSAN configuration and storage options, elastic DRS and automated host replacement. Key highlights include up to 48 cores and 48TB of raw storage per i3en host, encryption at rest using AWS KMS, and ability to scale clusters automatically based on utilization.
VMworld 2013
Christos Karamanolis, VMware
Kiran Madnani, VMware
James Streit, Thomson Reuters
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
The first Technology driven reality competition showcasing the incredible virtualization community members and their talents. Virtually Everywhere · virtualdesignmaster.com
This document summarizes VMware's Service Provider Program (VSPP) which allows partners to offer VMware technologies as services. It outlines the various product offerings and associated point values, an example of pricing structures, new vCloud service provider bundles, and the requirements and benefits for different VSPP levels. The premier bundle is targeted at enterprise clouds and includes the full vShield Edge license, while the standard bundle is for SMB clouds and based on vSphere 5.0 Enterprise. Requirements to reach higher levels include having more certified professionals (VCPs) and larger contract values, which provide greater benefits such as marketing development funds.
VMware vSphere 5.1 is a virtualization platform that allows running multiple operating systems as virtual machines on a single physical server. It transforms hardware into software. Key benefits include maximizing hardware utilization, pooling resources, reducing costs, providing high availability, and making administration and backup/restore easier. The document discusses virtualization concepts and components, VMware products, storage, virtual center installation, and career opportunities in virtualization.
VMware announced new versions of its cloud infrastructure software including vSphere 5, vCenter 5, vCloud Director 1.5, and vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5. The updates focus on accelerating the path to 100% virtualization, providing granular control of network and storage resources, and delivering an intelligent virtual infrastructure across private and public clouds.
VMware ESXi 3.5 update 2 is a next generation, thin hypervisor that is available for free. It partitions servers to create robust virtual machine environments with improved security, reliability and simplified management compared to previous versions. The free version provides many of the features of VMware Infrastructure 3, including support for virtual appliances and virtual machines. It has received positive feedback from customers for its plug-and-play installation and configuration capabilities.
Future of Power: PureFlex and IBM i - Erik RexIBM Danmark
This document provides an overview of IBM Power Systems and IBM i. It discusses the integration and benefits of IBM i such as built-in functionality, testing, ease of management and stability. It also discusses the IBM PureFlex system and its ability to optimize infrastructure through resource sensing and anticipation. Specific Power Systems servers like the p260 and p460 are highlighted and the document concludes by emphasizing IBM i and PureFlex as a higher standard for integrated and trusted business computing.
VxRail Appliance - Modernize your infrastructure and accelerate IT transforma...Maichino Sepede
An overview of the VxRail Appliance, including what’s new with VxRail on the 14th generation PowerEdge server, and advancements in the VxRail 4.5 software.
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Learn how all flash needs end to end Storage efficiency. For more information on IBM FlashSystem, visit http://ibm.co/10KodHl.
Visit http://bit.ly/KWh5Dx to 'Follow' the official Twitter handle of IBM India Smarter Computing.
Learn about vSphere Storage API for Array Integration on the IBM Storwize family. IBM Storwize V7000 Unified combines the block storage capabilities of Storwize V7000 with file storage capabilities into a single system for greater ease of management and efficiency. For more information on IBM Storage Systems, visit http://ibm.co/LIg7gk.
Visit http://bit.ly/KWh5Dx to 'Follow' the official Twitter handle of IBM India Smarter Computing.
Learn about IBM FlashSystem 840 and its complete product specification in this Redbook. FlashSystem 840 provides scalable performance for the most demanding enterprise class applications. IBM FlashSystem 840 accelerates response times with IBM MicroLatency to enable faster decision making. For more information on IBM FlashSystem, visit http://ibm.co/10KodHl.
Visit http://on.fb.me/LT4gdu to 'Like' the official Facebook page of IBM India Smarter Computing.
Learn about the IBM System x3250 M5,.The x3250 M5 offers the following energy-efficiency features to save energy, reduce operational costs, increase energy availability, and contribute to a green environment, energy-efficient planar components help lower operational costs. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210746104/IBM-System-x3250-M5
This Redbook talks about the product specification of IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4. The NeXtScale nx360 M4 server provides a dense, flexible solution with a low total cost of ownership (TCO). The half-wide, dual-socket NeXtScale nx360 M4 server is designed for data centers that require high performance but are constrained by floor space. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210745680/IBM-NeXtScale-nx360-M4
The IBM System x3650 M4 HD is a (1) 2-socket 2U rack-optimized server that supports up to 32 internal drives and features an innovative design for optimal performance, uptime, and dense storage. It offers (2) excellent reliability, availability, and serviceability for improved business environments. The server is (3) designed for easy deployment, integration, service, and management.
Here are the product specification for IBM System x3300 M4. This product can be managed remotely.The x3300 M4 server contains IBM IMM2, which provides advanced service-processor control, monitoring, and an alerting function. The IMM2 lights LEDs to help you diagnose the problem, records the error in the event log, and alerts you to the problem. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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Learn about IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M4. IBM System x iDataPlex is an innovative data center solution that maximizes performance and optimizes energy and space efficiency. The iDataPlex solution provides customers with outstanding energy and cooling efficiency, multi-rack level manageability, complete flexibility in configuration, and minimal deployment effort. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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2. In this paper, we present sample BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud configurations in small,
medium, and large sizes. For each of these configurations, we show you what to order and
how to integrate, based on IBM-tested solutions. We provide additional resources you can
contact and easy information for ordering all of the parts required for each configuration.
This paper contains the following sections:
“Overview of small, medium, and large configurations” on page 2
“Installing hardware components” on page 8
“Populating the rack enclosures” on page 14
“Cabling the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud” on page 19
“Updating the hardware and firmware drivers” on page 20
“Additional References” on page 22
“Appendix A. Small configuration parts catalog” on page 23
“Appendix B. Medium configuration parts catalog” on page 24
“Appendix C. Large configuration parts catalog” on page 25
Overview of small, medium, and large configurations
There are three tested reference configurations for the IBM BladeCenter Foundation for
Cloud:
Small: Designed for departmental, pilot, and budget-conscious data centers
Medium: Intended for most data centers looking for rapid migration and scale-up of
resources
Large: Designed to provide scale to new or existing virtualized data centers
Each configuration represents the number of workloads (including virtual machines) that can
be supported and can be expanded to meet specific customer requirements.These
configurations are shown in the following sections.
2 IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud: Integration Guide
3. Small configuration with optional storage
Figure 1 shows the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud small configuration.
1 x 42U Rack (shown as an example)
1 x DS3524 Dual Controller with 8 Gbps FC (opt.)
1 x Management Server x3550 M3 preloaded with:
* Systems Director 6.2
* Active Energy Manager 4.3
* vSphere Client 4.1
* DS Storage 10.7
1 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis
preloaded with:
* 2 x Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch
* 2 x Virtual Fabric Extension Module
* 2 x Server Connectivity Module
BladeCenter H
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Basic
4 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V
preloaded with:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* E5649 6C 2.53 GHz, 12 x 8 GB DIMM
* Virtual Fabric Adapter with FCoE & VMware ESXi
Figure 1 Small BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud configuration
IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud: Integration Guide 3
4. Table 1 shows the part ordering information for the main components of a small configuration.
Note that storage is optional depending on the requirements of the solution.
“Appendix A. Small configuration parts catalog” on page 23 provides a complete list of parts
for a small configuration.
Table 1 Small configuration parts list
Components MTM Quantity Description
Management Server 7944-DDx 1 Director 6.2
Active Energy Manager (AEM) 4.3
vSphere Client 4.1
DS Storage Manager 10.7
Windows 2008 R2 Standard Edition 64-bit
Foundation for Cloud HS22V 7871-91x 4 E5649 6C 2.53 GHz
12 x 8 GB DIMM
Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter II with FCoE
VMware ESXi
Foundation for Cloud Chassis 8852-93x 1 Ethernet & Fibre Channel Switching
BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) Basic
(opt.) System Storage® DS3524 1746A4D 1 8 Gb Fibre Channel Interface
Dual redundant controllers
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5. Medium configuration with optional storage
Figure 2 shows the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud medium configuration.
1 x 42U Rack (shown as an example)
1
2 x DS3524 Dual Controller with 8Gbps FC (opt.)
8 Gbps FC (opt.)
* 6 x System Storage EXP3524
3
1 x Management Server x3550 M3 preloaded with:
* Systems Director 6.2
* Active Energy Manager 4.3
* vSphere Client 4.1
* DS Storage 10.7
1 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis
preloaded with:
* 2 x Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch
* 2 x Virtual Fabric Extension Module
* 2 x Server Connectivity Module
BladeCenter H
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Basic
14 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V
preloaded with:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* E5649 6C 2.53 GHz, 12 x 8 GB DIMM
* Virtual Fabric Adapter with FCoE & VMware ESXi
Figure 2 Medium BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud configuration
IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud: Integration Guide 5
6. Table 2 shows the part ordering information for the main components of a medium
configuration. Note that storage is optional, depending on the requirements of the solution.
“Appendix B. Medium configuration parts catalog” on page 24 provides a complete list of
parts for a medium configuration.
Table 2 Medium configuration parts list
Components MTM Quantity Description
Management Server 7944-DDx 1 Director 6.2
AEM 4.3
vSphere Client 4.1
DS Storage Manager 10.7
Windows 2008 R2 Standard Edition 64-bit
Foundation for Cloud HS22V 7871-91x 14 E5649 6C 2.53 GHz
12 x 8 GB DIMM
VFA2 with FCoE
VMware ESXi
Foundation for Cloud Chassis 8852-93x 1 Ethernet & Fibre Channel Switching
BOFM Basic
(opt.) System Storage DS3524 1746A4D 1 8 Gb Fibre Channel Interface
Dual redundant controllers
(opt.) System Storage EXP3524 1746A4E 3 6 Gb SAS disk enclosure
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7. Large configuration with optional storage
Figure 3 shows the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud large configuration.
1 x 42U Rack (shown as an example)
2 x DS3524 Dual Controller with 8Gbps FC (opt.)
8 Gbps FC (opt.)
* 6 x System Storage EXP3524
1 x Management Server x3550 M3 preloaded with:
* Systems Director 6.2
* Active Energy Manager 4.3
* vSphere Client 4.1
BladeCenter H
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* DS Storage 10.7
2 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis
preloaded with:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* 2 x Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch
* 2 x Virtual Fabric Extension Module
* 2 x Server Connectivity Module
BladeCenter H
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Basic
28 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V
preloaded with:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* E5649 6C 2.53 GHz, 12 x 8 GB DIMM
* Virtual Fabric Adapter with FCoE & VMware ESXi
Figure 3 Large BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud configuration
IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud: Integration Guide 7
8. Table 3 shows the part ordering information for the main components of a large configuration.
Note that storage is optional, depending on the requirements of the solution.
“Appendix C. Large configuration parts catalog” on page 25 provides a complete list of parts
for a large configuration.
Table 3 Large configuration parts list
Components MTM Quantity Description
Management Server 7944-DDx 1 Director 6.2
AEM 4.3
vSphere Client 4.1
DS Storage Manager 10.7
Windows 2008 R2 Standard Edition 64-bit
Foundation for Cloud HS22V 7871-91x 28 E5649 6C 2.53 GHz
12 x 8 GB DIMM
VFA2 with FCoE
VMware ESXi
Foundation for Cloud Chassis 8852-93x 1 Ethernet & Fibre Channel Switching
BOFM Basic
(opt.) System Storage DS3524 1746A4D 2 8 Gb Fibre Channel Interface
Dual redundant controllers
(opt) System Storage EXP3524 1746A4E 6 6 Gb SAS disk enclosure
Installing hardware components
Each BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud configuration has these common hardware
elements:
Management server
Host servers with converged networking
Chassis with converged networking
Storage components
This section discusses these elements in detail.
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9. System x3550 M3 management server
The specially configured management server is an IBM System x3550 M3, preloaded with a
customizable systems management tools you need to manage critical hardware components
of IBM BladeCenter for Cloud. This management server can also easily scale to manage
other components in your data center.
The management server comes preloaded with the following components:
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard 64 bit
Systems Management Software
– IBM Systems Director 6.2
– Active Energy Manager v4.3
– ToolsCenter
• Bootable Media Creator 2.0
• Advanced Setup Utility 3.5
• Dynamic Systems Analysis 3.0
• UpdateXpress System Pack Installer 4.0
– IBM DS Storage Manager v10.7
– VMware vSphere Client 4.1 64 bit
The management server is an IBM System x3550 M3 model 7944-DDx, which has the
following specifications:
Two 2.40 GHz Intel Xeon E5620s (4 cores, 2.40 GHz, 12 MB cache, 1066 MHz, 80 W)
24 GB memory (6x 4 GB)
IBM ServeRAID M5015 RAID adapter with battery
Four 300 GB SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) (2.5")
Four 1 Gb Ethernet ports with onboard dual-port Ethernet controller and one dual-port
1 Gb Ethernet daughter card installed in a dedicated slot
Two 675 W redundant power supplies
IBM UltraSlim Enhanced Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) multi-burner
optical drive
Two available Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) 2.0 x16 slots
Rack slide kit and cable management arm
Details about this model can be found in the announcement letter:
http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/ENU
S111-091
We suggest that clients load and run their virtualization management software (for example,
VMware vCenter) from the same server for optimal utilization of resources.
For more information about the IBM x3550 M3 server, see the IBM Installation and User’s
Guide for the x3550 M3, which can be found at the following address:
http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5083597
IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud: Integration Guide 9
10. The management server has four onboard 1 Gb Ethernet controllers. For redundancy and
failover, they are configured as a NIC team. By using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite
(BACS) software, two NICs will connect to the customer network, and two NICs will connect
to the management network. Figure 4, Figure 5, and Figure 6 on page 11 show the front, top,
and side views of the System x3550 M3, respectively.
Light path
diagnostics
panel eject
Four hot-swap button
Four hot-swap Two USB
2.5 in. bays Video
2.5 in. bays 2.0 ports Pop-out light path
or one DVD bay port
diagnostics panel with
power button and
status LEDs
Figure 4 System x3550 M3 front view
Six hot- USB socket for RAID controller in Processor Hot-swap power
swap fans hypervisor dedicated slot sockets supply bays
Hot-swap HDD 18 DIMM PCIe slots Ethernet daughter card
bays sockets (standard in model DDx)
Figure 5 System x3550 M3 top view
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11. Ethernet port PCIe slot Video PCIe slot Power supply
for IMM port socket
Ports for Ethernet
Standard Gb Serial USB Hot-swap power
daughter card
Ethernet ports port ports supply bays
(standard in model DDx)
Figure 6 System x3550 M3 back view
BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis with converged networking
The small, medium and large offerings include one or two configured IBM BladeCenter H
chassis at the core. Figure 7 shows a view of the front and rear of a BladeCenter H, which is
composed of the following components:
Between 4 and 28x HS22V blades, depending on the configuration (small, medium or
large) selected
2 x IBM BNT® Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch Modules in Bays 7 and 9 (per chassis)
2 x QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Modules in Bays 3 and 5 (per chassis)
2 x Server Connectivity Modules in bays 1 and 2 (per chassis)
4 x 2980 W high efficiency power supplies
2 x Advanced Management Modules
Figure 7 BladeCenter H front and rear views
IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud: Integration Guide 11
12. IBM BNT Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch Modules and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Modules
enable converged networking that can easily connect to the client's current LAN and SAN
environment without the need of additional top-of-rack hardware. Simply connect LAN
infrastructure to the 10 Gb BNT Virtual Fabric Switch Module’s Ethernet ports and SAN
infrastructure to the Fibre Channel ports of the Virtual Fabric Extension Module for an
optimized solution without rip-and-replace.
Server Connectivity Module has been included in the configuration to provide additional 1 Gb
ports.
BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V host servers
The BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V has been designed specifically for use in
virtualized environments. With 18 DIMM slots supporting up to 288 Gb of DDR3 memory, the
HS22V allows you to provision up to 50% more virtual machines, enabling up to three virtual
NICs per adapter or larger virtual machines per blade compared to mainstream two-socket
blade servers. An embedded hypervisor USB key enables easy deployment of the vSphere
Hypervisor virtualization solution. The server will be implemented with a 10 Gb Virtual Fabric
Adapter on each blade, enabling up to eight virtual NICs per adapter.
All of the management virtual machines and All of the management VMs and compute VMs
will be hosted on either the DS3524 storage subsystem or an external SAN attached storage
if BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud is being deployed with an existing SAN.
Figure 8 shows the location of key components in the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud
HS22V server. More details can be found at the following address:
http://ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/servers/hs22v/
Memory for Processor 2 USB CIOv
processor 2 connector connector
Two 1.8 inch Processor 1 Memory for CFFh
SSDs processor 1 connector
Figure 8 Internals of the HS22V blade server
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13. This process will be the same for each of the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V
servers in the small, medium, and large IBM BladeCenter configurations. Each of the HS22V
servers will ship in its own packaging and will come pre-installed with processor, memory, and
the Virtual Fabric Adapter.
For a list of the supported optional modules for each blade or chassis, see the HS22V (7871)
Configurations and Options Guide (COG) at the following address:
http://ibm.com/systems/xbc/cog/bc_hs22v_7871/bc_hs22v_7871aag.html
The BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V server comes pre-installed with the following
components:
2 x E5649 CPUs (six physical cores per processor)
12 x 8 Gb DIMMs
1 x 10 Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (in CFFh connector)
1 x VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 1 Hypervisor USB
IBM System Storage DS3524
IBM has combined best-of-breed development with leading host interface and drive
technology in the DS3524, providing a seamless path to consolidated and efficient storage
while improving performance, flexibility, scalability, data security, and energy efficiency.
The DS3524 is a member of the DS3500 family of storage subsystems. See the DS3500
home page for more information about these products:
http://ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/ds3500/
Figure 9 shows the front view of the DS3524 unit.
Figure 9 DS3524 storage subsystem
The DS3524 has two management Ethernet ports per controller. Use one Ethernet port for
daily management of your DS3524 storage subsystem. Reserve the other port for use by
service personnel or for subsystem monitoring hardware that might be available in the future.
Default IP addresses are provided in initial configuration. The IP addresses must be changed
on both controllers A and B. The values are the default IP addresses of the first management
Ethernet ports are as follows:
Controller A: 192.168.128.101/16 (subnet mask should be specified)
Controller B: 192.168.128.102/16 (subnet mask)
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14. The default IP addresses of the second management Ethernet ports are as follows:
Controller A: 192.168.129.101/16 (subnet mask)
Controller B: 192.168.129.102/16 (subnet mask)
IBM Power Distribution Units
The IBM Power Distribution Unit must be configured to work with power supplies of different
countries because it varies by country (such as 110V as opposed to 220V and 50 Hz as
opposed to 60Hz). We suggest that you use the IBM rack power configurator for each country
where the unit is configured. We also suggest that you use IBM 7176 Ultra Density Enterprise
Power Distribution Units for this solution. These units can be tightly integrated with IBM
Systems Director Active Energy Manager™, a power management and monitoring
component of the IBM Systems Director 6.2 platform.
Information on the rack power configurator can be found at the following address:
http://ibm.com/systems/xbc/cog/rackpwr/7176ultra_density_enterprise_pdu_us_ca.html
Power cables to connect to the PDU will vary depending upon your geography or
country-specific needs. Design your solution for redundancy with separate PDU and power
sources for each redundant power supply on each particular device.
Populating the rack enclosures
This section describes the rack requirements for the small, medium, and large configurations
and shows where to install each device in the cabinet. There are a number of locations
common to all three solutions:
The BladeCenter chassis are always mounted at or near the bottom of the cabinet for
small and medium configurations and are stacked starting from the bottom of the rack for
the large configuration.
The Management server is always mounted in location U19.
The first System Storage DS3524 is always mounted in U23 and U24.
The suggested PDUs and necessary redundant power distribution are mounted elsewhere in
the rack (not shown).
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15. Racking the small configuration
The components required for small configuration are the same as and limited to those listed in
“Populating the rack enclosures” on page 14. Observe the following guidelines when installing
these components for the small configuration:
Always mount the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis at the bottom of the rack.
Always mount the Management server in location U19.
Always mount he first System Storage DS3524 in U23 and U24.
Install the suggested PDUs and necessary redundant power distribution units elsewhere in
the rack (not shown).
Figure 10 shows an example of the small configuration.
1 x 42U Rack (shown as an example)
1 x DS3524 Dual Controller with 8 Gbps FC (opt.)
1 x Management Server x3550 M3 preloaded with:
* Systems Director 6.2
* Active Energy Manager 4.3
* vSphere Client 4.1
* DS Storage 10.7
1 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis
preloaded with:
* 2 x Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch
* 2 x Virtual Fabric Extension Module
* 2 x Server Connectivity Module
BladeCenter H
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Basic
4 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V
preloaded with:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* E5649 6C 2.53 GHz, 12 x 8 GB DIMM
* Virtual Fabric Adapter with FCoE & VMware ESXi
Figure 10 Small configuration racking
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16. Racking the medium configuration
Observe the following guidelines when installing these components for the medium
configuration:
Always mount the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis at the bottom of the rack.
Always mount the Management server in location U19.
Always mount he first System Storage DS3524 in U23 and U24.
Mount the first System Storage EXP3524 in U25 and 26.
Mount the second System Storage EXP3524 in U27 and U28.
Mount the third System Storage EXP3524 in U29 and U30.
Install the suggested PDUs and necessary redundant power distribution units elsewhere in
the rack (not shown).
Figure 11 shows an example of the medium configuration.
1 x 42U Rack (shown as an example)
1
2 x DS3524 Dual Controller with 8Gbps FC (opt.)
8 Gbps FC (opt.)
* 6 x System Storage EXP3524
3
1 x Management Server x3550 M3 preloaded with:
* Systems Director 6.2
* Active Energy Manager 4.3
* vSphere Client 4.1
* DS Storage 10.7
1 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis
preloaded with:
* 2 x Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch
* 2 x Virtual Fabric Extension Module
* 2 x Server Connectivity Module
BladeCenter H
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Basic
14 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V
preloaded with:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* E5649 6C 2.53 GHz, 12 x 8 GB DIMM
* Virtual Fabric Adapter with FCoE & VMware ESXi
Figure 11 Medium configuration racking
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17. Racking the large configuration
Observe the following guidelines when installing these components for the large
configuration:
Mount the first BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis in locations U1 and U9.
Mount the second BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis in U10 and U18.
Mount the Management server in U19.
Mount thee System Storage DS3524 in U23 and U24.
Mount the second System Storage DS3524 in U31 and U32
Mount the first System Storage EXP3524 in U25 and U26.
Mount the second System Storage EXP3524 in U27 and U28.
Mount the third System Storage EXP3524 is in U29 and U30.
Mount the fourth System Storage EXP3524 in U33 and U34.
Mount the fifth System Storage EXP3524 in U35 and U36.
Mount the sixth System Storage EXP3524 in U37 and U38.
Install the suggested PDUs and necessary redundant power distribution units elsewhere in
the rack (not shown).
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18. Figure 12 shows an example of a large configuration.
1 x 42U Rack (shown as an example)
2 x DS3524 Dual Controller with 8Gbps FC (opt.)
8 Gbps FC (opt.)
* 6 x System Storage EXP3524
1 x Management Server x3550 M3 preloaded with:
* Systems Director 6.2
* Active Energy Manager 4.3
* vSphere Client 4.1
BladeCenter H
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* DS Storage 10.7
2 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud chassis
preloaded with:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* 2 x Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch
* 2 x Virtual Fabric Extension Module
* 2 x Server Connectivity Module
BladeCenter H
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Basic
28 x BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud HS22V
preloaded with:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
* E5649 6C 2.53 GHz, 12 x 8 GB DIMM
* Virtual Fabric Adapter with FCoE & VMware ESXi
Figure 12 Large configuration racking
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19. Cabling the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud
This section shows you how to cable the small, medium, and large BladeCenter Foundation
for Cloud configurations.
Cabling the small and medium configurations
Because the number of servers is the only difference between the small and medium
configurations, the cabling shown in Figure 13 applies to both.
Customer Customer
Network Switch Network
(10 Gbps Switch
Compute) (1 Gbps Mgmt)
10 Gbps
Compute
Network x3550 M3 Mgmt
BNT Virtual Fabric
10 GbE Switch
BladeCenter H Module
10 Gbps /
FCoE Traffic
7
PS PS
2 1
8
3 4
OK
Link
1 Gbps Mgmt
TX/RX
QLogic Virtual Network
HS22V with Emulex
IP
Fabric
1 5 3 MM 1
1
2-port 10 Gb CNA
2
2 6 4 MM 2
Extension Module
9
10
8 Gbps FC
Network
1 2 LNK LNK
LNK
4 2 4 2 4 2 4
2 8 8 8 8
1 2
FC FC FC
4
ID/Diag 3 5 6
OK
DC AC DC AC
OK OK
DS3524
Figure 13 Small and medium configuration cabling
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20. Cabling the large configuration
Figure 14 shows the cabling for a large configuration.
Customer Customer
Network Switches Network
(10 Gbps Switch
Compute) Patch (1 Gbps Mgmt)
Panel
x3550 M3 Mgmt
10 Gbps
Compute
Network BladeCenter H
AMM
7
PS PS
2 1
8
3 4
OK
BNT Virtual Fabric
Link
TX /RX
10 GbE Switch
10 Gbps/ Module
IP
1 5 3 MM 1
1
FCoE Traffic
2
2 6 4 MM 2
1 Gbps Mgmt
Network
9
HS22V with Emulex 10
2-port 10 Gb CNA
7
PS PS
2 1
8
3 4
QLogic Virtual
OK
L ink
TX/RX
Fabric
Extension Module 1 5
1
3 MM 1
IP
8 Gbps FC
2
2 6 4 MM 2
Network
9
10
1 2 LNK LNK 1 2 LNK LNK
LNK LNK
4 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 2 4
2 8 8 8 8 2 8 8 8 8
1 2 1 2
FC FC FC FC FC FC
4 4
ID/Diag 3 5 6 ID/Diag 3 5 6
OK OK
DS3524 DC
OK
AC DC
OK
AC
Figure 14 Large configuration cabling
Updating the hardware and firmware drivers
Hardware and firmware drivers for the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud solution should be
updated prior to taking any other action. In order to update the device drivers, an FTP or
TFTP server is required with network access to the Advanced Management Module (AMM) or
the Management network on each device.
In order to update devices using the network, each device must have a valid IP address and
be reachable from end to end by ping, HTTP, FTP, or TFTP, depending upon the update
method.
A unique IBM ToolsCenter bootable CD/DVD can be created to update the firmware for most
of the components for System x® and BladeCenter servers. The ToolsCenter Creation tools
can be found at the following address:
http://ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=TOOL-CENTER
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21. Table 4 shows the supported components of the BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud. If you
deviate from the suggestion outlined in the table, you might have unexpected results. The
firmware levels in Table 4 can be used for small, medium, and large BladeCenter Foundation
for Cloud configurations (current as of August 2011).
Table 4 Firmware levels
Product Firmware Version
Management x3550 M3 UEFI v1.09
Server IMM v1.22
QLogic 8 GB FC v2.24
ServeRAID M5015 v12.12.0-0047
Windows drivers Broadcom NetXtreme II v5.2.17.0c
QLogic StorPort driver v9.1.8.25
ServeRAID M5015 v4.17.2
Broadcom NetXtreme v2.1.5a
update
Chassis / BladeCenter AMM Firmware v3.62c
Networking
switches IBM BNT 10-Port 10 Gb Virtual BladeOS (TFTP server v6.7.1.0
Fabric required) Detailed instructions can
be found at:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.co
m/systems/support/system_
x_pdf/46m1525.pdf
and:
http://www.bladenetwork.n
et/IBM-BladeCenter-suppor
t.html
Server Connectivity Module v1.1.3.0
QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension
v9.0.3.02
Module
Blade server BladeCenter HS22V UEFI v1.14
IMM v1.28
DSA v3.46
Virtual Fabric Advanced II adapter Emulex Release 2.3 OCM
5.1.42-12
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22. Additional References
IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud home page
http://ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/solutions/infrastructure/virtualization/inte
gratedcloudplatform/
BladeCenter H:
http://ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/selectFixes
BladeCenter HS22V firmware updates:
http://ibm.com/support/fixcentral/systemx/selectFixes#Network
Announcement Letter, IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud models
http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/
ENUS111-156
Announcement Letter, IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud Chassis
http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/
ENUS111-158
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23. Appendix A. Small configuration parts catalog
Table 5 contains the parts catalog for an IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud small
configuration.
Table 5 Small parts configuration catalog
Part # Description Quantity
Management server
7944-DDx Director 6.2, AEM 4.3, vSphere Client 4.1, DS Storage Manager 10.7 1
Chassis / Networking (1 chassis)
88524Tx IBM BladeCenter H 1
68Y6601 IBM BladeCenter H 2980 W AC Power Modules w/Fan Pack 1
2019A1X IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module 1
46M0902 IBM UltraSlim Enhanced SATA Multi-Burner 1
46C7191 BNT Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter 2
39Y9324 Server Connectivity Module for IBM BladeCenter 2
46M6172 QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter 2
44X1964 IBM 8 Gb SFP+ SW Optic Transceiver 4
44W4408 10 GbE 850 nm Fiber SFP+ Transceiver (SR) for IBM BladeCenter 8
2019B1X IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager 1
Blade Server (4 servers)
7871B6x IBM BladeCenter HS22V 4
8 GB (1 x 8 GB, 2Rx4, 1.35 V) PC3L-10600 CL9 ECC DDR3 1333 MHz VLP
46C0568 48
RDIMM
81Y6042 Addl Intel Xeon Processor E5649 6C 2.53 GHz 12 MB Cache 1333 MHz 80w 4
90Y3566 Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced II - IBM BladeCenter 4
41Y8296 IBM USB Memory Key for VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 1 4
95Y1111 IBM Sys Dir Std Ed for IBM x86, V6.x, Per Mgd Svr with 1 Year SW S&S 4
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24. Appendix B. Medium configuration parts catalog
Table 6 contains the parts catalog for an IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud medium
configuration.
Table 6 Medium!parts configuration catalog
Part # Description Quantity
Management Server
7944-DDx Director 6.2, AEM 4.3, vSphere Client 4.1, DS Storage Manager 10.7 1
Chassis / Networking (1 chassis)
88524Tx IBM BladeCenter H 1
68Y6601 IBM BladeCenter H 2980 W AC Power Modules w/Fan Pack 1
2019A1X IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module 1
46M0902 IBM UltraSlim Enhanced SATA Multi-Burner 1
46C7191 BNT Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter 2
39Y9324 Server Connectivity Module for IBM BladeCenter 2
46M6172 QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter 2
44X1964 IBM 8 Gb SFP+ SW Optic Transceiver 4
44W4408 10 GbE 850 nm Fiber SFP+ Transceiver (SR) for IBM BladeCenter 8
2019B1X IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager 1
Blade Server (14 servers)
7871B6x IBM BladeCenter HS22V 14
8 GB (1 x 8 GB, 2Rx4, 1.35 V) PC3L-10600 CL9 ECC DDR3 1333 MHz VLP
46C0568 168
RDIMM
81Y6042 Addl Intel Xeon Processor E5649 6C 2.53 GHz 12 MB Cache 1333 MHz 80w 14
90Y3566 Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced II - IBM BladeCenter 14
41Y8296 IBM USB Memory Key for VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 1 14
95Y1111 IBM Sys Dir Std Ed for IBM x86, V6.x, Per Mgd Svr with 1 Year SW S&S 14
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25. Appendix C. Large configuration parts catalog
Table 7 contains the parts catalog for an IBM BladeCenter Foundation for Cloud large
configuration.
Table 7 Large parts configuration catalog
Part # Description Quantity
Management Server
7944-DDx Director 6.2, AEM 4.3, vSphere Client 4.1, DS Storage Manager 10.7 1
Chassis / Networking (2 chassis)
88524Tx IBM BladeCenter H 2
68Y6601 IBM BladeCenter H 2980 W AC Power Modules w/Fan Pack 2
2019A1X IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module 2
46M0902 IBM UltraSlim Enhanced SATA Multi-Burner 2
46C7191 BNT Virtual Fabric 10 Gb Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter 4
39Y9324 Server Connectivity Module for IBM BladeCenter 4
46M6172 QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module for IBM BladeCenter 4
44X1964 IBM 8 Gb SFP+ SW Optic Transceiver 8
44W4408 10 GbE 850 nm Fiber SFP+ Transceiver (SR) for IBM BladeCenter 16
2019B1X IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager 2
Blade Server (28 servers)
7871B6x IBM BladeCenter HS22V 28
8 GB (1 x 8 GB, 2Rx4, 1.35 V) PC3L-10600 CL9 ECC DDR3 1333 MHz VLP
46C0568 336
RDIMM
81Y6042 Addl Intel Xeon Processor E5649 6C 2.53 GHz 12 MB Cache 1333 MHz 80w 28
90Y3566 Emulex 10 GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter Advanced II - IBM BladeCenter 28
41Y8296 IBM USB Memory Key for VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 1 28
95Y1111 IBM Sys Dir Std Ed for IBM x86, V6.x, Per Mgd Svr with 1 Year SW S&S 28
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